Hydnum

This order contains many genera, two of which we will mention, Hydnum and Tremellodon.

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Hydnum is derived from a Greek word, the name of an edible fungus.

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

During the Tertiary period members of the genera now known under the names of Lenzites, Polyporus, and Hydnum were all in existence.

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In the spreading Hydnum the margin of the cap is arched and irregular.

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_Amanita rubescens_, _Hydnum repandum_, and _Marasmius oreades_ which we gathered in the meadow before we entered the wood.

Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton

However, some writers say that Hydnum repandum, or the spreading Hedgehog, is “delicious.”

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= -- Among the very beautiful species of the genus _Hydnum_ is the coral one, _Hydnum coralloides_.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

_Hydnum velutinum_, with a thick, spongy, outer layer and a central hard core.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

It is remarkable for its peculiar odor, resembling, when fresh, that of an Ethiopian; for its tough, zonate pileus with a prominent white edge, and the stout irregular stem, resembling the stem of _Hydnum velutinum_.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

The odor, which resembles that of a perspiring darkey, before the plant is dry, disappears after drying, and then the plant has the same agreeable odor presented by several different species of Hydnum.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886